The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-05-12


death list of our distinguished public
men occurring within the past quarter
of a century until the neurology of that
period Is revealed by investigation.
Upon the accession of Abraham Lincoln
to the presidency in 1851 the surviving
ex-Presidents were Martin Van Buren,
John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Franklin
Pierce and James Buchanan. All of
these died, and the subsequent presiden.
tial neurology embraces the names of
Abraham Lincoln, Andrew johnson,
Ulysses s. Grant, James A. Garfield and
Chester A. Arthur. Rutherford B. Hayes
is he sole surviving ex-President and
Hannibal Hamlin and William A.
Wheeler are the only two now living who
we're chosen to the vice presidency.
Tie surviving ex-Cabinet officials,
however, are quite numerous, and the list
comprises Ex.Secretaries of State Elihu
B. Washburne, Hamilton Fish, William
NJ. Evarts and James G. Blaine; Ex-Sec-
retaries of the. Treasury Hugh McCul-
loch, George s. Boutwell,, William A.
Richardson, Benjamin H. Bristow, John
Sherman, William Window and Walter
@. Gresham; Ex-Secretaries of War JEFF
ferson Davis, Joseph Holt, Simon Came.
ron, John M. Schofeld, William T. Sher-
man, W. w. Belknap, Alphonso Taft,
James Donald Cameron, George W. Nc.
Cray, Alexander Ramsey and Robert T.
Lincoln; Ex-Secretaries of the Navy
George Bancroft, George NJ. Robson.
Richard w. Thompson, Nathan Golf and
William E. Chandler; Secretaries of the
Interior John P. Usher, A. H. H. Stuart,
James Harlan. Jacob D. Cox, Columbus
Delano, Carl Schurz, Samuel J. Kirkwood
and Henry NJ. Teller; Ex-Postmasters
General Horatio King, John A. J. Cres-
we'll, James w. Marshall, James N. Ty.
ner, David NJ. Key, Thomas L. James and
Frank Hatton; .Exekttorneys General
Titan ]. Coffey, ~ lockwood Hoar,
George H. Williams, Edwards Pierre.
pont. Charles Devens, Wayne MacVeagh
and Benjamin H. Brewster.
Of these only Jefferson Davis, Joseph
Holt, Alexander H. H. Stuart, George
Bancroft and Horatio King held Cabinet
portfolios prior to the late war, and
hence they are the sole Cabinet sur
vivors of the ante-bellum period. Jeffer-
son Davis lives on his plantation at
Beauyoir, La; Joseph Holt lives near
Washington, and is on the retired list of
the army as Judge advocate-general;
George Bancroft lives at Washington;
Alexander H. H. Stuart is president Of
the Valley Mutual Insurance Company,
at Staunton, Va, and Horatio King Is
practicing law at Washington. Jefferson
Davis was born in 1903, and hence is
seventy-nine years of age; Alexander
H. H. Stuart and Joseph Holt were born
in 1907, and are eighty years of age;
Horatio King was born in 1911, and is
seventy-six years of age; George Ban
croft was born in 1900, and is eighty
seven years of age.
Elihu B. Washburne lives at Chicago;
Hamilton Fish at Garrison's-on-H Hudson;
William M. Evarts is senator in Con-
gress from New York; James G. Blaine's
home is at Augusta, Me-; Hugh McCul-
loch lives in Maryland; George 8. Bout
well practices law at Washington; viii.
liam A. Richardson is chief justice of
the Court of Claims; Benjamin H. Bris.
tow practices law in New York city;
John Sherman Is senator In Congress
from Ohio; William Window lives at
Winona, Minn., and 10 engaged In rail-
road and other enterprises, and Walter
@. Gresham is Judge Of the Seventh
United States Judicial Circuit at Chicago;
Simon Cameron lives at Harrisburg, hale
and hearty, at the age Of Lightweight |;
John NJ. Schofeld is the senior major gen.
eral Of the army; William T. Sherman,
general of the army, retired, lives in New
York city; w. w. Belknap practices law
at Washington; Alphonso Taft is living
in Cincinnati; James Donald Cameron
is senator in Congress from Pennsyl.
vania; George w. McCrary practices
law at Kansas City, Mis-; Alexander
Ramsey's home is at St. Paul, MINI.
Robert T. Lincoln practices law in Chi.
cago; George M. Robson lives con-
jointly at Washington and Camden, N.
j., and practices law; Richard w.
Thompson is counsel for the De Lesseps
Interocenanic Canal Company; Nathan
Goff is representative in Congress from
West Virginia; William e. Chandler
gravitates between Concord, N. H.,
and Washington, practicing law: John
p. Usher Is counsel for the Union Pacific
Railway Company at Lawrence, Kan;
James Harlan lives at Mount Pleasant
Ia; Jacob d. Cox practices law In
Ohio; Columbus Delano lives at Mount
Vernon, o.; Carl 6churz habitates at
New York city; Samuel ]. Kirkwood
lives at Iowa City, Ia; and. Henry NJ
Teller is senator In Congress from Col
orado.
John A. J. Creswell ID president Of he
Citizens National Bank ct Washington
D. g.; James w. Marshall 10 farming neal
Alexandra, Va; James N. Tyner has 1
law-oface In Washington; David N. Key d
Judge Of the United States District Court
Of East Tennessee; Thomas L. James
Is president Of the Vanderbilt National
Bank at New York city; Frank Hatton Il
editor Of the Chicago Epesajng Ia1; Titiar
j. Cohey lives In Washington; e. Rock
wood Hoar practices law q Boston; Geo
H. Williams Il . lawyer ct Portland, Ore
gon Edwards PierIep0nt practices Law